Brother-in-law of former sarpanch shot dead

Tribune News Service
Karnal, January 17

A 40-year-old man was fatally shot by a group of three unidentified assailants on National Highway-44 near Jhanjhari village on Thursday.

The victim was identified as Pintu alias Vikas, a resident of Dadupur Khurd. He was rushed to a private hospital where he died later.

The assailants abandoned their car near a drain and fled the crime scene in a scooter they took at gunpoint. 

Pintu is the brother-in-law of former sarpanch and liquor contractor Suresh, alias Babli, a resident of Anjanthali village who was shot dead by unidentified assailants in the village few months ago, allegedly over an old enmity.